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Housing Update: Landlords Push Back, NYCHA Budget Doesn’t Budge, Bay St. Rezoning Approved
Harry DiPrinzio |
Housing headlines you might have missed.
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Rent Board Approves 1.5% Hike, Angering Tenants and Landlords Alike
Sadef Ali Kully |
The increases, which will affect leases signed after October 1, came despite calls for a rent freeze from housing and tenant advocacy groups, and amid demands from property owners for more generous hikes.
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Opinion: De Blasio’s RGB Must not Undo Progress Made in Albany for Tenants
Ava Farkas and Delsenia Glover |
In order for the reforms in Albany to be powerful, the city has to do its part and help keep rents affordable.
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Passing Rent Reform Was One Thing. Now it Has to be Enforced.
Jarrett Murphy |
Sweeping rent reforms are now law. Exactly how the letter of that legislation translates into reality will depend in large part on how the state’s Division of Homes and Community Renewal publicizes and enforces it.
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Video: Does NYC Need a Comprehensive Plan?
Harry DiPrinzio, Jeanmarie Evelly, Jarrett Murphy and Marc Bussanich |
New York’s approach to land use has plenty of defenders. There are, however, those who disagree. ‘The current system exacerbates our worst selves rather than our best selves,’ a Brooklyn Councilmember told a City Limits panel Thursday night.
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Doubts on the Details of the City’s Bushwick Rezoning Proposal
Sadef Ali Kully |
Some are worried proposed height limits leave too much room for developers, or too little room for homeowners who want to sell. Affordability options and a playground project are also on residents’ minds.
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Tenants, Landlords Will Testify on New York’s Rent Laws
Sadef Ali Kully |
With the date for state rent laws to expire approaching, the Senate Majority announced Monday a series of public hearings will be held on rent regulation and tenant protection issues.
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Housing Update: Homelessness Record, Rent Regs Debate Intensifies
Harry DiPrinzio |
It was a busy week for news related to New York City housing. Here’s a roundup of what you might have missed.
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The Distressing Math of NYC’s Future Senior-Housing Need
Toni Kamins |
Today, New York City doesn’t have enough affordable senior housing to meet current demand. By the year 2030, the city’s over-65 population will be 1.35 million, 14.8 percent of its total.By the year 2030, the city’s over-65 population will be 1.35 million, 14.8 percent of its total.
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Bushwick Awaits City’s Rezoning Proposal
Sadef Ali Kully |
Bushwick residents, elected officials and other stakeholders say they expect the city’s neighborhood rezoning plan—due out Tuesday—to differ from a community-generated vision released last year on the issues of density, the preservation of industrial space and affordability levels for housing.
